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About twenty years ago I paid something like $20 or $30 for my first SD card. It was a 16MB card that could hold roughly four MP3 files.
Today you can pick up a 200GB microSD card for $27, a 256GB card for $33 (with coupon: EMCTAVW47) or a 400GB card for $57.
How things have changed.
Here are some of the day’s best deals. Now excuse me while I go try to figure out which song I had on that SD card…
microSD cards
- SanDisk Ultra 200GB microSDX card for $27 – Amazon
- SanDisk Ultra 256GB microSDXC card for $33 – Newegg (coupon: EMCTAVW47)
- SanDisk Ultra 400GB microSDXC card for $57 – Amazon
Computers
- Lenovo Yoga 920 13.9″ convertible w/Core i7-8550U/8GB/256GB for $850 – Newegg (coupon: EMCTAVW42)
- HP Envy 13t laptop w/Core i7-8565U/MX250/16GB RAM for $870 and up – HP (or w/8GB RAM and Intel UHD graphics for $750 and up)
- Dell Chromebook 11 w/Celeron N3060/4GB/16GB for $130 – Dell
PC accessories
- ZeroLemon JuiceBox 20,100 mAh, 45W USB-PD power bank for $30 – NeweggFlash
- Logitech Marathon Mouse M705 for $20 – Best Buy
- Brother CDP-L2550DW wireless monochrome all-in-one laser printer for $80 – Amazon
Smart Speakers
- Refurb Apple HomePod for $195 – Overstock
- UE Megablast portable Bluetooth speaker w/Alexa for $140 – Dell
- UE Blast portable Bluetooth speaker w/Alexa for $85Â – Dell
- JBL Harman/Kardon smart speaker w/Alexa for $65 – Dell
Wireless audio
- JBL Reflect heart rate wireless earbuds for $29 – meh
- Atgoin Bluetooth earbuds for $10 – NeweggFlash
- Refurb Sony WH-CH700N Bluetooth over-ear noise-cancelling headphones for $55 – Secondipity (via eBay)
- UE Wonderboom portable Bluetooth speaker for $50 – Dell
- UE megaboom portable Bluetooth speaker for $87 – Dell
Other
- Buy a NOOK Tablet 7″ for $50, get 13 B&N Press eBooks for free – B&N
- RiME PC game for free – Epic Games Store
I’ve still got a working 256 mb one lying around the house somewhere.
I never had a card as small as 4mb. The first I had was 16mb. I recall having (what I thought would be) the biggest memory card in the world. It was a 4gb IBM Microdrive (it was a spinning platter HDD inside a CF card). This was back in the day of 512mb cards being the limit.
I shucked it from an MP3 player, and formatted it. I think the FAT formatting requirements of my digital camera prevented me from using all 4gb. I had to format it to 2gb or something.
You know what? I think I might have a 16MB card that stored 4 songs, now that I think about it.
I did also have a 4GB microdrive. I was so excited to be able to store so much data in my Dell Axim PDA!
Yes I used mine eventually on an old iPaq. I used it to store all my Sierra point-and-click adventure games that I ran on ScummVM
Cool – I had one of those too. Quite incredible what it could do in those days. I still have it around back at my parents house and I’m sure it would boot up like nothing happened.
Woh, I used a 4GB microdrive in my Axim, too! And not just any Axim, the X50v, the first PocketPC to have a VGA-resolution screen!
Same! https://liliputing.com/2009/01/what-im-taking-to-ces-2009.html
I still remember those 32 MB multimedia cards from my nokia days. My first SD card was a 512 MB that I bought for about $130 to use in my HP Ipaq.
I had one of those ipaqs too, – but was just as disappointed with it as I was with the Apple Newton, some years before.
– But I’m finally satisfied now with My Samsung Note. It only took 20 years to get a handheld that can adaquately work as well as a notepad and paper in addition to having PC apps!